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{{Infobox country|name=Pacific Ocean|image_map=Pacific.png|map_width=250|area_km2=165,250,000}} | {{Infobox country|name=Pacific Ocean|image_map=Pacific.png|map_width=250|area_km2=165,250,000}} | ||
The Pacific Ocean is the largest continuous body of water on Earth, covering more than a third of the world's surface. As the deepest and most island-rich of all the oceans, its waters reach the shores of Asia, Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica. The Pacific Ocean accounts for 49.8% of the world’s total ocean area and contains approximately 10,000 islands, which represent 45% of the global island area.<ref>{{Citation|author=Eakins, B.W. and Sharman, G.F.|title=Volumes of the World's Oceans from ETOPO1|title-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259327179_Volumes_of_the_World's_Oceans_from_ETOPO1}}</ref> | The Pacific Ocean is the largest continuous body of water on Earth, covering more than a third of the world's surface. As the deepest and most island-rich of all the oceans, its waters reach the shores of [[Asia]], [[Oceania]], [[North America]], [[South America]], and [[Antarctica]]. The Pacific Ocean accounts for 49.8% of the world’s total ocean area and contains approximately 10,000 islands, which represent 45% of the global island area.<ref>{{Citation|author=Eakins, B.W. and Sharman, G.F.|title=Volumes of the World's Oceans from ETOPO1|title-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259327179_Volumes_of_the_World's_Oceans_from_ETOPO1}}</ref> | ||
Imperialism has taken root within this ocean. The United States, Australia, and Japan, alongside other imperial core states, use this body of water to militarily and economically attempt to cripple China, while asserting neocolonial control through policing programs and pressuring their neocolonies into compliance.<ref>{{Citation|author=Patrick Dupont|title=The United States’ Indo–Pacific Strategy and a Revisionist China|title-url=https://pacforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/issuesinsights_Vol21WP2-Patrick-Dupont.pdf}}</ref> | [[Imperialism]] has taken root within this ocean. The [[United States of America|United States]], [[Commonwealth of Australia|Australia]], and [[Japan]], alongside other [[Imperial core|imperial core states]], use this body of water to militarily and economically attempt to cripple [[People's Republic of China|China]], while asserting neocolonial control through policing programs and pressuring their [[Neocolonialism|neocolonies]] into compliance.<ref>{{Citation|author=Patrick Dupont|title=The United States’ Indo–Pacific Strategy and a Revisionist China|title-url=https://pacforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/issuesinsights_Vol21WP2-Patrick-Dupont.pdf}}</ref> | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
The Pacific Ocean’s maximum north-south length is 15,800 kilometers, while its greatest east-west width reaches 19,500 kilometers. To the southwest lies the Indian Ocean, to the southeast the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean has an average depth of approximately 4,028 meters.<ref>{{Citation|author=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)|title=How big is the Pacific Ocean?|title-url=https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/pacific-size/}}</ref> | The Pacific Ocean’s maximum north-south length is 15,800 kilometers, while its greatest east-west width reaches 19,500 kilometers. To the southwest lies the [[Indian Ocean]], to the southeast the [[Atlantic Ocean]], and to the north the [[Arctic Ocean]]. The Pacific Ocean has an average depth of approximately 4,028 meters.<ref>{{Citation|author=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)|title=How big is the Pacific Ocean?|title-url=https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/pacific-size/}}</ref> | ||
Islands within the Pacific include the Samoan Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, the Kuril Islands, the Aleutian Islands, the North and South Islands of New Zealand, New Guinea, Borneo, and the Sakhalin Islands.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica|title=Pacific Islands|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pacific-Islands}}</ref> | Islands within the Pacific include the [[Samoan Islands]], the [[Hawaiian Islands]], the [[Ryukyu Islands]], the [[Kuril Islands]], the [[Aleutian Islands]], the [[North and South Islands of New Zealand]], [[New Guinea]], [[Borneo]], and the [[Sakhalin Islands]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica|title=Pacific Islands|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pacific-Islands}}</ref> | ||
== Economy == | == Economy == | ||
The Pacific Ocean is rich in marine life, abundant with herring, cod, anchovies, salmon, tuna, and crab. Half of the world's fish are caught within the Pacific, specifically within the fishing hotspots of Japan, Peru, Korea, and China, alongside the Northwestern United States and Canada. Deep-sea minerals are also plentiful, with an abundance of manganese, nickel, cobalt, and copper, as well as natural gas and oil.<ref>{{Citation|author=The Food and Agriculture Organization|title=The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024: Blue Transformation in action.|title-url=https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/8ab20ccf-1e9d-4ae6-836c-ca770d16da01}}</ref> | The Pacific Ocean is rich in marine life, abundant with herring, cod, anchovies, salmon, tuna, and crab. Half of the world's fish are caught within the Pacific, specifically within the fishing hotspots of [[Japan]], [[Republic of Peru|Peru]], [[Korea]], and [[People's Republic of China|China]], alongside the Northwestern [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Canada]]. Deep-sea minerals are also plentiful, with an abundance of manganese, nickel, cobalt, and copper, as well as natural gas and oil.<ref>{{Citation|author=The Food and Agriculture Organization|title=The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024: Blue Transformation in action.|title-url=https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/8ab20ccf-1e9d-4ae6-836c-ca770d16da01}}</ref> | ||
Major international ports bordering the Pacific include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Sydney, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Busan, Yokohama, Kobe, Vladivostok, Dalian, and Kitakyushu, among many others. Alongside these major ports, key shipping routes include those from Japan to Australia, South America to Europe, East Asia to North America via the Panama Canal, and China to the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Malacca.<ref>{{Citation|author=UNCTAD|year=2024|title=Review of Maritime Transport 2024|title-url=https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/review-of-maritime-transport}}</ref> | Major international ports bordering the Pacific include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Sydney, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Busan, Yokohama, Kobe, Vladivostok, Dalian, and Kitakyushu, among many others. Alongside these major ports, key shipping routes include those from [[Japan]] to [[Commonwealth of Australia|Australia]], [[South America]] to [[Europe]], [[East Asia]] to [[North America]] via the [[Panama Canal]], and [[People's Republic of China|China]] to the [[Persian Gulf]] via the [[Strait of Malacca]].<ref>{{Citation|author=UNCTAD|year=2024|title=Review of Maritime Transport 2024|title-url=https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/review-of-maritime-transport}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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The Pacific Ocean is the largest continuous body of water on Earth, covering more than a third of the world's surface. As the deepest and most island-rich of all the oceans, its waters reach the shores of Asia, Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica. The Pacific Ocean accounts for 49.8% of the world’s total ocean area and contains approximately 10,000 islands, which represent 45% of the global island area.[1]
Imperialism has taken root within this ocean. The United States, Australia, and Japan, alongside other imperial core states, use this body of water to militarily and economically attempt to cripple China, while asserting neocolonial control through policing programs and pressuring their neocolonies into compliance.[2]
Geography
The Pacific Ocean’s maximum north-south length is 15,800 kilometers, while its greatest east-west width reaches 19,500 kilometers. To the southwest lies the Indian Ocean, to the southeast the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean has an average depth of approximately 4,028 meters.[3]
Islands within the Pacific include the Samoan Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, the Kuril Islands, the Aleutian Islands, the North and South Islands of New Zealand, New Guinea, Borneo, and the Sakhalin Islands.[4]
Economy
The Pacific Ocean is rich in marine life, abundant with herring, cod, anchovies, salmon, tuna, and crab. Half of the world's fish are caught within the Pacific, specifically within the fishing hotspots of Japan, Peru, Korea, and China, alongside the Northwestern United States and Canada. Deep-sea minerals are also plentiful, with an abundance of manganese, nickel, cobalt, and copper, as well as natural gas and oil.[5]
Major international ports bordering the Pacific include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Sydney, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Busan, Yokohama, Kobe, Vladivostok, Dalian, and Kitakyushu, among many others. Alongside these major ports, key shipping routes include those from Japan to Australia, South America to Europe, East Asia to North America via the Panama Canal, and China to the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Malacca.[6]
References
- ↑ Eakins, B.W. and Sharman, G.F.. Volumes of the World's Oceans from ETOPO1.
- ↑ Patrick Dupont. The United States’ Indo–Pacific Strategy and a Revisionist China.
- ↑ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). How big is the Pacific Ocean?.
- ↑ "Pacific Islands". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ The Food and Agriculture Organization. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024: Blue Transformation in action..
- ↑ UNCTAD (2024). Review of Maritime Transport 2024.